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Adobe Photoshop CS3 comes with a long list of included fonts for its text tool, which it calls Type. When your business needs something different, such as a kitschy, themed or other type of striking font, you are not limited to Photoshop’s stock fonts. Any font you download to your computer may be used in Photoshop CS3, which opens up an entire World Wide Web’s worth of options. Whether you want to make an entire Photoshop CS3 document out of text or add small text flourishes to an image, bringing in the fonts take just a couple of clicks.

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Open Photoshop CS3. Click the “T” icon on the Tools pane. If you don’t see the Tools pane, click the "Window" menu, then click "Tools." When the Type toolbar opens, pull down the "Font" menu, which may display "Arial" by default. Check that the font you want to install is not already installed. This is optional but may save you a few minutes of duplicated effort. Close Photoshop if the font is not installed.

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Download the font you want to install from the Web and save it to your desktop, or grab a font from your company network’s collection and drag a copy of it onto your desktop.

Click “Fonts.” Depending on your computer speed and the number of installed fonts, it may take a few moments for the Font window to open. You will either see a list of font names or “tiles” showing small white squares with a representation of each font with the font names below.

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Drag the window so you can see both it and the icon for the font you are installing. If you have dual monitors, it may be helpful to drag the font window onto the other monitor.

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Click once on the font on your desktop, then drag and drop it anywhere in the main Font window. A progress bar may briefly appear, showing that the font is copying.

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Click the "Back" button on the window, and then click the "Forward" button. This reshuffles the fonts back into alphabetical order. Scroll to your font to ensure it is installed. If desired, drag the font off your desktop and into the recycle bin.

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Reopen Photoshop CS3. Click the “T” icon and scroll through the font list again, which is now alphabetized, to view your font.

Tips

You can bulk-add fonts to Photoshop as well. After you’ve downloaded or dragged the fonts to your desktop, press and hold down the “Ctrl” key while clicking on the fonts to highlight their icons. Drag the entire highlighted block and drop it into the Fonts window.

You do not have to open a Photoshop document or graphic to install fonts to Photoshop.

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About the Author

Fionia LeChat is a technical writer whose major skill sets include the MS Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Publisher), Photoshop, Paint, desktop publishing, design and graphics. LeChat has a Master of Science in technical writing, a Master of Arts in public relations and communications and a Bachelor of Arts in writing/English.